- 1. v. t. To think out; to find out or discover by thinking; to devise; to contrive. Source: opted
- 2. v. i. To cogitate. Source: opted
- 3. v. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort Source: wordnet
- 4. v. reflect deeply on a subject Source: wordnet
- 5. To think out; to find out or discover by thinking; to devise; to contrive. "Excogitate strange arts." Stirling. This evidence . . . thus excogitated out of the general theory. Whewell. To cogitate. [R.] Bacon. Source: webster
- 6. To think out; to find out or discover by thinking; to devise;to contrive. "Excogitate strange arts." Stirling.This evidence . . . thus excogitated out of the general theory.Whewell. Source: adambom
- 7. v come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort v reflect deeply on a subject Source: ecdict
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